Find your way around Library

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12 Focus of collection Academic Collection - supports teaching, learning and research needs Lifestyle Collection - focuses on personal, social and recreational interests

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19 Access to resources

20 Access the Library Homepage

21 Library Homepage

22 Tips for new students

23 Search Strategy Information Sources Find resources in the Library using OPAC Newspaper articles Academic Search Premier Science Direct databases Articles from electronic databases, Effective searching of the World Wide Web 23

24 Objective To teach fundamental search skills that will help you to retrieve the necessary information and materials needed for assignments and project work

25 3 2 1 Use Boolean Operators Find keywords & alternative terms Identify main ideas Use 4 Wildcards Use Double Quotes & Brackets 5 Construct search strategy 6 25

26 Search Strategy Identify keywords Project topic: Design of an electronic road pricing system 26

27 Search Strategy Find alternative terms used by different authors Design Electronic Road Pricing system Keywords Alternative terms design specification feature drawing description ERP Automatic vehicle identification Electronic toll collection Road tax system 27

28 Search Strategy Use Boolean operators OR, AND, NOT OR broadens search or Design Specification 28

29 Search Strategy Use Boolean operators OR, AND, NOT AND narrows search Design and Electronic Road Pricing 29

30 Search Strategy Use Boolean operators OR, AND, NOT NOT limits search Design and Electronic Road Pricing NOT Hong Kong 30

31 Search Strategy Use Wildcards, Truncations Useful for searching variations of a root word design* = design, designs, designing 31

32 Search Strategy Group parts of search terms together Words appear as a phrase electronic road pricing, automatic vehicle detection Nesting group parts of the search strategy together using parentheses. Works like complex expression in algebra electronic road pricing AND (design* or specification*) 32

33 Search Strategy Formulating Search Strategies Use search phrases to search in OPAC, Internet, Electronic Databases Design of an electronic road pricing system SEARCH STRATEGY: (design* OR specification*) AND ( electronic road pricing OR automatic vehicle detection ) NOT Hong Kong 33

34 Find resources from Library catalogue Search the entire catalogue of books, media, periodicals AND e-books from IT & Engineering Collections and McGraw Hill Study Guides Search articles from full text databases Search for print and e-journals Search all forms of media resources (DVD, CD, Blu ray etc.) Search resources by location

35 Locate the item on the shelves Click on Holdings to find the Holdings information Click on the specific subjects to refine your search further

36 Interpret the holdings

37 Search e-books Library Homepage :

38 Search e-books

39 Search e-books (Lifestyle titles)

40 Search e-books (Academic titles)

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42 Read chapters of the e-book

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44 Download an e-book

45 Browse relevant titles on shelves

46 Go to : Lib Home Page >>Help >>Bookmarks

47 Find videos Click on the Media Tab and type the keywords. Change the media format e.g. DVD, VCD etc Click on Holdings

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49 Journal articles Commonly known as magazines, journals, newsletters, periodicals Contains Present research Information more current than books Frequency Appear at regular frequency - daily, monthly, yearly, etc Characteristics Critically read and revised by peers of the researcher (peer-review) Brief and concise, usually put together by various contributors 49

50 1. Type in your terms here e.g. electronic road pricing Singapore Click on View Online Click on the GO BUTTON to access the full text articles

51 Find full text article 51

52 Find related articles 52

53 Find magazine/journal 53

54 Find magazines/journals 54

55 Find titles by location 55

56 Find magazine from Library Homepage Library Homepage :

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59 Find articles from databases You will be prompted with a log-in page if you are accessing from home

60 Find articles from databases From OPAC: From Library Homepage

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63 Find newspaper articles Contains Current news coverage from all over the world on technology, developments, products, skills and techniques etc. Frequency Daily Characteristics Brief articles reported 63

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65 Find newspaper articles 1. Type your search strategy e.g. electronic road pricing and Singapore 2. Select the source of news. By default all the local dailies will be searched 65

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68 1 Find statistics

69 Find images from Clipart.com 69

70 Find images from Britannica ImageQuest 70

71 Find resources on the Web Full-text Search Engines Create their listings automatically. They "crawl" or "spider" the web, then people search through what they have found. Example: Google & Yahoo! Metasearch Engines Send searches to several search engines all at once. The results are then blended together onto one page. Example : 71

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73 Citing sources (Making references at the end of your assignment/projects) Better cite or else 1. Academic integrity - You will not be accused of plagiarism if you cite! - Give credit to those whose ideas/words you have copied 2. Credibility to your work - The ability to cite sources distinguishes scholarly work from other kinds of writing - Makes your arguments stronger. Demonstrate that you have read experts opinions. It shows the depth & scope of your research 73

74 3. Track down your research - Allows the reader to locate and further explore the sources that you have consulted - Awareness of the details of the resources that you have consulted so that you are able to refer back to these materials if necessary 74

75 Citing sources (Making references at the end of your assignment/projects)

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77 Find resources on-the-go Facilities / Services Find resources

78 Keep up with Library news

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80 Help in using resources

81 Seek help from staff at the Counters

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83 Access resources from University of Glasglow Library URL:

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